Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Cranberry Lemon Scones

Lemon and cranberry is one of my favorite flavor combinations. And though I've had many a scone in my life, I've never had this variety before. So I decided to experiment in the kitchen a little and made up a batch to serve as my easy eat-on-the-go breakfast for the week. The result? Not too tart, not to sweet, but perfectly moist and delicious -- and verified easy to eat in the car (even in San Diego traffic!). Looking to change up your usual breakfast routine? Give 'em a try!

Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
In the bowl of your food processor, combine flour, baking
powder salt and white sugar. Pulse a few times to mix.
Cut the butter into a
few chunks and add to the food processor. Pulse until the mixture is grainy,
with the butter chunks smaller than the size of a small pea.
(If you don't
have a food processor, you can just mix the dry ingredients together in a bowl
and then cut in the butter with a fork.)
Pour the butter/flour mixture into a
mixing bowl. Stir in the dried cranberries, lemon zest and lemon juice. Slowly add in the milk,
just until the dough comes together into a ball. (You may not need to use
all of the milk.)
Dump the dough out onto a sheet of parchment paper and carefully mold into a disk about 6 inches wide and 1/2-inch thick. Using a sharp knife, cut the dough into 6 equal wedges.
Carefully pull the wedges apart so there's at least 1" of space between each
one.
Transfer the parchment paper and scones to a large baking sheet.
Sprinkle brown sugar evenly over the tops of all of the wedges of dough.
Bake for 15-17 minutes until tops are golden brown and toothpick
inserted comes out clean.

2 comments:

I love scones. What a gorgeous flavor combination. I love lemon and cranberries too. Gotta give this "on-the-go" breakfast a try. Sounds so convenience. :) If it works on SD traffic, I bet it would work just fin in LA's traffic. :P

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